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Place of birth

London [14]

Brighton, Sussex [7]

Hartlepool, Durham [7]

Accrington [3]

Great Yarmouth [3]

Southwell, Nottinghamshire [3]

Yorkshire [3]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2]

Castleford, Yorkshire [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Deptford [2]

Hartlepool [2]

Hemsby, Norfolk [2]

Honing Hall, Norfolk [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Lewes, Sussex [2]

Middlesex [2]

Ossett, Yorkshire [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Wicken, Northamptonshire [2]

5 Lygon Place London SW1 [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Allahabad, Bengal, [1]

Alvechurch, Worcestershire [1]

Balmoral Castle [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Barrow in Furness [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Bengal [1]

Biggleswade [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Blithfield [1]

Bridgend, Glamorgan,Wales [1]

Burnham,Norfolk [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Caister, Norfolk [1]

Caley Hall, Otley, Yorkshire [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Carlton In Lindrick, Nottinghamshire [1]

Carlton, Durham [1]

Cawsand, Cornwall [1]

Charters Towers, Queensland [1]

Cheam, Surrey [1]

Chelsea London [1]

Chicago [1]

Cranbrook, Kent [1]

Curragh Camp [1]

Rank

Private [93]

Lieutenant [80]

Second Lieutenant [80]

Captain [71]

Major [24]

Gunner [17]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Corporal [7]

Driver [7]

Brigadier General [5]

Sapper [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [3]

Colonel [3]

Midshipman [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Nurse [2]

Rifleman [2]

Shipwright 2nd Class [2]

VAD Nurse [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieut [1]

2nd-Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Assistant Nurse [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Brigadier-General [1]

Captain (T) [1]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain Battalion Major [1]

Captain Major [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colonel (Half Pay List) [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Head Cook [1]

Lance Captain [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Lieutenant/Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [25]

Coldstream Guards [20]

Grenadier Guards [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

London Regiment [10]

Norfolk Regiment [10]

Royal Engineers [9]

Scots Guards [9]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

Irish Guards [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Hussars [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4]

1st Life Guards [3]

2nd Life Guards [3]

Army Service Corps [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Border Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

General Staff [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Indian Army [3]

Lancers [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [3]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Life Guards [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [331]

Royal Navy [11]

Other Empire Force [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [40]

S [31]

C [30]

H [29]

F [24]

W [24]

D [23]

P [21]

M [20]

G [19]

L [18]

A [17]

E [13]

K [11]

T [11]

R [8]

N [5]

J [3]

O [2]

I [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [349]

Country

United Kingdom [54]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

London [14] Brighton, Sussex [7] Hartlepool, Durham [7] Accrington [3] Great Yarmouth [3] Southwell, Nottinghamshire [3] Yorkshire [3] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2] Castleford, Yorkshire [2] Chelsea, London [2] Deptford [2] Hartlepool [2] Hemsby, Norfolk [2] Honing Hall, Norfolk [2] Kensington, London [2] Lewes, Sussex [2] Middlesex [2] Ossett, Yorkshire [2] Paddington, London [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Wicken, Northamptonshire [2] 5 Lygon Place London SW1 [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Allahabad, Bengal, [1] Alvechurch, Worcestershire [1] Balmoral Castle [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Barrow in Furness [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Beccles, Suffolk [1] Bengal [1] Biggleswade [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Blithfield [1] Bridgend, Glamorgan,Wales [1] Burnham,Norfolk [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Caister, Norfolk [1] Caley Hall, Otley, Yorkshire [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Carlton In Lindrick, Nottinghamshire [1] Carlton, Durham [1] Cawsand, Cornwall [1] Charters Towers, Queensland [1] Cheam, Surrey [1] Chelsea London [1] Chicago [1] Cranbrook, Kent [1] Curragh Camp [1]

Rank

Private [93] Lieutenant [80] Second Lieutenant [80] Captain [71] Major [24] Gunner [17] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Corporal [7] Driver [7] Brigadier General [5] Sapper [5] Lance Corporal [4] Serjeant [4] Bombardier [3] Colonel [3] Midshipman [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Corporal [2] Nurse [2] Rifleman [2] Shipwright 2nd Class [2] VAD Nurse [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieut [1] 2nd-Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Assistant Nurse [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Brigadier-General [1] Captain (T) [1] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain Battalion Major [1] Captain Major [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colonel (Half Pay List) [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Commander [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Head Cook [1] Lance Captain [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Lieutenant/Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [25] Coldstream Guards [20] Grenadier Guards [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Durham Light Infantry [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] London Regiment [10] Norfolk Regiment [10] Royal Engineers [9] Scots Guards [9] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Royal Flying Corps [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] Irish Guards [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Hussars [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Labour Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4] 1st Life Guards [3] 2nd Life Guards [3] Army Service Corps [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Border Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] General Staff [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Indian Army [3] Lancers [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] South Wales Borderers [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Voluntary Aid Detachment [3] Cheshire Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Life Guards [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [331] Royal Navy [11] Other Empire Force [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [40] S [31] C [30] H [29] F [24] W [24] D [23] P [21] M [20] G [19] L [18] A [17] E [13] K [11] T [11] R [8] N [5] J [3] O [2] I [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [349]

Country

United Kingdom [54] India [1] Ireland [1]

Albert George Hood

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army G/70044 Private The Queen's Regiment

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James Sydney Port

Born 1895

Died 1982

British Army G/8237 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 358238 Private Royal Engineers

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Henry Lee Slimings

Born 1886

Died 1969

British Army 22623 Private Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry

British Army 22623 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Richard Nathan Sotheran

Born 1894

Died 1939

British Army 5493 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Edward Charles Talbot

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 2nd Lieut Bedforshire Regiment

British Army Bedforshire Regiment

Indian Army Major 47th Sikhs

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The Hon. Cyril Myles Brabazon Ponsonby

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Captain Grenadier Guards

British Army Major Grenadier Guards

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Percy William Wanless

Born 1896

Died 1920

British Army 24042 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Bertie Batley

Born 1881

Died 1946

British Army 111311 Acting Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Walker Dobbie

Born 1895

Died 1962

British Army 34664 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Wallace James Bunton

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 5140 Corporal London Regiment 24th lond Battalion

British Army 722193 Corporal London Regiment 24th lond Battalion

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Beresford Clayton Lockhart-Jervis

Born 1886

Died 1980

British Army Temporary Major Royal Engineers

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Alfred Ernest Flexman

Born 1870

Died 1916

British Army 61719 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Donald Charles Essery Tozer O.b.e.

Born 1895

Died 1974

British Army 1382 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 865713 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Lancers

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Arthur J Woombs

Born 1895

Died 1962

British Army S 3550 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army A/203359 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Wilfred Robert Abel Smith

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Grenadier Guards

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Richard Angel

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 207379 Private Durham Light Infantry

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James Ernest John Brudenell Bruce

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Northamptonshire Yeomanry

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Wymond Nicholas Richard Pole Carew

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Douglas Lambert

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

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Struan Robertson Kerr-Clark

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army Captain Seaforth Highlanders

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